ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18996
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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Short S.16 Scion 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Pobjoy Airmotors & Aircraft |
| Registration: | G-ADDT |
| MSN: | S.790 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 5670) on 17.8.35 to Pobjoy Airmotors & Aircraft Ltd., Rochester, Kent. C of A 5310 issued September 1935. Flown by G.E. Gardiner from Croydon to India on 21.1.36, returning on 13.3.36 having flown 15,932 miles on the trip.
Tom Campbell Black's British Empire Air Display used Scion G-ADDT hired from Pobjoy Motors, and wearing the colours of Gaumont British News, it was used during the 1936 season. G-ADDT crashed at Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan 26.7.36.
Registration G-ADDT cancelled by the Air Ministry 2.12.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-short-s16-scion-ii-porthcawl
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADDT.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?142865-Can-you-identify-these-two-aircraft
6. https://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-128-633-C&scache=5ih1puux07&searchdb=scran
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2014 16:39 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Damage] |
| 06-May-2014 16:43 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-May-2014 16:48 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Oct-2017 00:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2018 20:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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